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[kevmar]

As they modernize, what is the basis for their economy? I'm doing reading here and there on the net, and surprisingly little seems to be out there.

I followed up on the Omantel links. I'd rather use netcafes and not have the high speed access I'm used to then spend 5% of my salary on internet access. Living in Japan, I have withdrawal pangs just thinking about it.

As for using a year old thread, it seemed better than starting a new one.

[veiledsentiments]

Mentioning the age of the thread wasn't a criticism, but sometimes people don't notice the dates. My hopes are that things are better now... that high speed has spread and prices may have gone down.

When I was last teaching there, I used the high speed at work for most of my internet work, but had the very cheap dial-up at home to have more privacy on emails.

But one will go through a bit of culture shock moving from a place like Japan which tend to be ultra modern to Oman, which is modernizing rapidly, but is trying not to traumatize the society with having things move too fast.

Their development is mostly based on oil, but they do not have the huge fields of the rest of the Gulf. In a way that is good because in Oman, the Omanis actually work... a difference that doesn't become as apparent until one works in a country where the locals don't.

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[scot47]

Are yous suggesting that some people in the Gulf do not work ? What a terrible to thing to say !

[kuberkat]

Er, scot47, judging from your former posts I am assuming your tongue is firmly in your cheek when you say